NFL fan told to remove Trump T-shirt by security at Bills-Dolphins game pushes back

The Erie County GOP shared a video on social media showing an incident involving a football fan wearing a shirt supporting former President Donald Trump.

During the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins game at Highmark Stadium on Sunday, it appeared someone in the front row of the stadium was having an issue with the T-shirt worn by a purported Trump supporter.

“It’s an NFL policy he cannot wear his Trump shirt in the first row of a game,” the man could be heard telling a security guard in the video.

“It’s not a Trump shirt. It’s nothing political,” security responded.

“It’s a free country!” someone could be heard yelling.

“If anyone knows this proud Trump supporter, send us a message – we’d love to hook him up with some Trump gear!” the Republican Party in Erie County, NY wrote in the post accompanying the video.

“The Bills have a Fan Code of Conduct for those who attend games at the stadium. There is no bullet point for political messages. One bullet point says fans are prohibited from ‘indecent exposure, obscene clothing or offensive signs,'” Fox News noted.

The rules are quite clear for NFL players on game days.

“Throughout the period on game day that a player is visible to the stadium and television audience (including in pregame warm-ups, in the bench area, and during postgame interviews in the locker room or on the field), players are prohibited from wearing, displaying, or otherwise conveying personal messages either in writing or illustration, unless such message has been approved in advance by the League office,” the official handbook explains.

“The League will not grant permission for any club or player to wear, display, or otherwise convey messages, through helmet decals, arm bands, jersey patches, mouthpieces, or other items affixed to game uniforms or equipment, which relate to political activities or causes, other non-football events, causes or campaigns, or charitable causes or campaigns,” the rules continue. “Further, any such approved items must be modest in size, tasteful, non-commercial, and non-controversial; must not be worn for more than one football season.”

But the incident on Sunday had social media users livid over the mixed messages and rules.

Frieda Powers

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